In this episode, Julia and Lizzie talk with Drs. Brandenburg, White, and Rueb about their experiences navigating personal grief while practicing medicine, and the extra roles physicians often take when a loved one is ill.

More about our guests:

Dr. Nicole Rueb is a PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Colorado. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2022 and completed her undergraduate degree in Statistics at Southern Methodist University in 2018. She is applying for a GI fellowship this upcoming cycle and has a particular interest in rural medicine. She loves to ski moguls, hike 14ners, and play tennis.  After work, Nicole can be found walking around one of Denver's many parks with her pug Coco. 

Dr. Suzanne Brandenburg grew up in Buffalo, New York. She followed her family to Colorado after college where she worked for two years as an aerospace engineer. Then she completed medical school and residency training at the University of Colorado (CU). She became a faculty member right out of residency and has been a clinician educator at the University of Colorado for her entire career. She is currently leading the new CU School of Medicine at Colorado State University's 4-year branch campus as Associate Dean for Education. She oversees interprofessional education on the Anschutz Medical Campus as Director of the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She previously served as Director of the University of Colorado’s Internal Medicine Residency Program and as Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. She enjoys teaching, mentoring and building programs. She is committed to connecting with today’s socially and environmentally conscious learners, and developing opportunities for them to engage and explore their potential to work together to address the social determinants of health and the broader threats our planet faces.  She feels privileged to care for patients as a general internist. Outside of medicine, she spends much of her time with family– her husband of over 30 years, her son and daughter-in-law, and of course her granddaughter! She enjoys cooking, eating, reading fiction, hiking and traveling.

Dr. Kelly White is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado where she practices primary care with joy and dedication. She also loves teaching and has been educating residents and medical students for over 20 years. She is currently the director of the resident clinic at Anschutz internal medicine and is also a DOCs coach teaching clinical skills to first year medical students. Her passion in medical education is teaching in the clinical space through a culture of safety and vulnerability. When she is not in the clinic or teaching, she loves spending time outdoors with family, friends, and her slightly misunderstood dog, Murray. 

Credits:

Hosts: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Co-host: Elizabeth Konon

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

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